Search below for stories about ships, lighthouses, sailors and anything else about life on Lake Michigan. The database contains references to articles from the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record (June 12, 1873 to Jan. 7, 1927), the Door County Advocate (Nov. 8, 1861 to Dec. 22, 1949), and the Manitowoc Pilot (June 14, 1859 to Dec. 28, 1899). The results will direct you to the date and page in these newspapers where the article can be found.
Microfilm copies of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, Algoma Public Library in Algoma. Microfilm copies of the Door County Advocate are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, the Door County Public Library in Sturgeon Bay, and the Brown County Library in Green Bay. Microfilm of the Manitowoc Pilot are available at the Manitowoc County Historical Society, the Manitowoc Public Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.
Check with your local library about obtaining the microfilm via interlibrary loan.
| Newspaper | Object | Name | Date | Page | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Schooner | Kewaunee | 1873-10-30 | 3 | Made trip to Kewaunee and back to Racine in 29 hours, best time on record. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1899-04-28 | 3 | Light on pier moved. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1913-10-17 | 5 | Petitions are in circulation calling upon the Mayor and Common council to accept the proposals made by the Government for the expenditure of $60,000 upon the inner harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1914-07-10 | 1 | Dredge is working at Two Rivers where it dredges each year. If the government would extend the piers dredging would not be necessary. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1913-10-17 | 5 | Tug Industry left Milwaukee to tow the big new gov. dredge Kewaunee to this port. The dredge Algoma has been placed in winter quarters. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Kewaunee | 1915-08-06 | 3 | Kewaunee. Reminiscences of other days dealing with the Racine, schooner Kelpie, Fearless, Kewaunee, scow schooner Frest and Captain Higgie about the Eastland disaster. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1915-07-30 | 3 | Work on harbor has been delayed. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Coast Guard Station | Kewaunee | 1915-05-28 | 3 | Warrant officer Anton Jesson and Sam Tufts of the Kewaunee station left for Milwaukee to get the life boat which has been undergoing repairs. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Dredge | Kewaunee | 1915-11-19 | 2 | Kewaunee. Tug Manitowoc arrived from Sheboygan and Two Rivers. She will probably be laid up here providing she is not sent to bring the dredge Kewaunee here for the winter season. The scow Rip Rap was laid up this week. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Harbor | Kewaunee | 1916-02-11 | 2 | Government accepts harbor property purchased and turned over to them by city for harbor improvements. |
This database is a cooperative effort of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The project is spearheaded by WUAA member Russel Leitz, who helped develop a framework for the database and painstakingly combed through 54 years of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record, 87 years of the Door County Advocate and 40 years of the Manitowoc Pilot for maritime news. The more than 50,000 references are the fruit of his labor alone.